Dave Siemens Jr. wrote:
"I am unfortunately not familiar with Beethoven's manuscripts, but I am guessing that the original drafts were subject to alteration to ensure their improvement. Is this all that distant from the alteration of genomes under the influence of natural selection? Did Beethoven ever start to make a change and remove it? If he did, we can expand the analogy...One person's relevant analogy is sure to be another's nonsense. In attempting general persuasion, probably the best procedure is to stick with generally accepted analogies."